Doubloons, and the Girl
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At twenty-two, Allen Drew longs for something beyond the routine of his job in a ship chandler's shop. An April walk along New York's East River brings him among cargoes, sailors and vessels bound for distant ports. A glimpse of a young woman adds another disturbance to his restless mood. John Maxwell Forbes begins this treasure adventure with a clerk who sees romance in the very places working captains take for granted.
The novel carries that appetite for excitement into a sea story of suspicion and divided loyalties. A tense hearing aboard ship sets Drew against the mate Ditty, whose account of a man's disappearance Drew angrily disputes. Dialogue gives the confrontation its force, with the captain trying to sort competing claims.
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Book facts
- Author
- John Maxwell Forbes
- Reading time
- About 5 hours
- Pages
- 205
- Language
- English
- Formats
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